Brooder-heater.



C. V. HILL.

BROODER HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27. 1915.

1,161,672. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

C. V. HILL.

BROUDER HEATER.

APPLICATION man rfa. zz. 1915.

1,1 61 ,672. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

CLEMENT V. HILL, OF TRETON, NEW JERSEY.

BROODER-HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

Application filed February 27. 1915. Serial No. 10,957.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CLEMENT V. HILL,

. a citizen of the United States of America,

brooders has been the liability of` coal gas escaping from the stove andkilling the chicks in the brooder.

The object of my invention is to provide a brooder havinggas collectingchambers in constant open communication with the smoke discharge flue ofthe stove whereby the escaping gas is conducted directly to the saidHue, and prevented` from escaping in the brooder or the room in whichthe brooder is located; and with this and other objects in view myinvention consists of the parts and combination of parts as will be morefully pointed out.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a brooder andstove embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of anotherembodiment of my invention.

The reference numeral 1 designates a stove having a fixe box 2, an ashchamber 3, an ash door 4, and a smoke discharge Hue 5.

\The ash chamber is provided with an air automatic regulator such forinstance as a thermostat 14. The chamber 10 is provided with an air door15 which-is connected to the operating rod 13 by a flexible connectionsuch for instance as a chain 16.-

17 is a fuel magazine suspended in the stove and registering with thefuel opening 8, by'means of bolts 18 passing through the top plate 7 andthe flange 19 'of the magazine. This magazine is provided intermediateits ends with a valve seat 20 on which is seated a valve 21 having astem22 and handle 23, the said stem passing through the cover 24 of the fuelopening 8. This cover and valve constitute the top and bottom of a gascollecting chamber 25 for gas which may leak from the stove around thevalve 21. In orderv that the gas in the chamber may be prevented fromescaping in the brooder or the room in which the brooder is located, Iprovide the magazine with a lip at one side constituting a port 26 whichregisters with an opening 27 in the top plate 7 of the stove therebyestablishing a constantly open passage between the gas chambers 25 and10 whereby the gas chaniber25 is constantly in open communication withthesmoke discharge Hue thus eliminating all danger of gas escaping intothe room or brooder from the 'chamber 25, inasmuch as it is immediatelywithdrawn by the draft of the iue from the said chamber should any leakby the valve 21.

In order to increase the draft in the flue I provide the chamber 10 withan air door 15 above described which is always open when the damper 11is closed and is closed when the damper is open. The thermostat, throughthe rod 13, controls the portion of the damper 11 and air door 15, thechain permitting the free end of the door to swing in an are withoutaffecting the vertical movement of the operating rod. As shown in thedrawing there is a connection between the air door 6 of the ash pit orchamber 3 so that when the damper 11 is closed and the air door 15 isopen the air door 6 is closed. In other words the damper 11 and air doorare simultaneously -in ,open and closed position. l

In Fig. 2 the construction'is substantially the same as shown in Fig. 1,the only difference being that the flange 19 of lthe magazine rests ontop of the stove plate 7 and that instead of providing the magazine witha lip I connect the gas chamber 25"I with the gas chamber 10 by means ofa pipe or pipes 28 whereby the gas chamber is in constant opencommunication with the smoke discharge flue 5a, through the gas chamber10n as described in connection with Fig. 1.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the details of constructionWithin the scope of the appended claims without departing from thespirit of my invention.

hat I claim is:

1. In a brooder heater. the combination with a stove having a gas, a.smoke and a fuel opening in its top plate, a damper for the smokeopening. a gas chamber between said smoke opening and the smokedischarge lue, a magazine suspended in the stove from the fuel opening,a valve operatively positioned in said magazine intermediate its ends, acover for the fuel opening closing the top ofthe magazine. the space inthe magazine between its alve and cover constituting a chamber to catchgas that may leak by the valve from the stove and a con- Stantly openport leading from the gas chamber ot' the magazine through the gasopening in the top plate to the gas chamber between the smoke openingand smoke discharge flue.

2. In a heater, the combination with a stove having a gas, a smoke and afuel opening in its top plate. a magazine suspended in the stove fromthe fuel opening. a valve operatively positioned in said magazineintermediate its ends, a cover for the fuel opening closing the top ofthe magazine. the space in the magazine lbetween its valve and coverconstituting a. chamber to catch gas that may leak by the valve from thestove` a constantly open port leading from the .gas chamber of themagazine through the gas opening in the top plate, and a smoke dischargelue in communication with the said smoke opening, Said constantly openport also being in communication with the said flue.

In testimony whereof l aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLEMENT V. HlLL.

W'itnesses W. H. BLooR, JAMES S. HAYES.

